Wild Thing Lib/E

Dr. Pietro Brnwa is on the run from the mob he used to kill for. With a new name and a new job that's tolerable only because it keeps him alive, he's looking for a way to hurt the mob so badly that it will leave him alone forever.

Dr. Violet Hurst is a sexy and self-destructive paleontologist in the employ of a reclusive billionaire whose obsession with an urban legend living in the woods of Minnesota can't possibly be justified. Or can it?

The offer of a job protecting Violet while she finds out could be just the opportunity Pietro's been looking for. Alternatively, of course, it could be a hellish morass of murder, corruption, insanity, and international drug smuggling, not to mention the occasional lake monster . But what are the odds of that? With Pietro Brnwa involved, the odds are guaranteed. Things are about to get wild.

As funny, fast, and furious as Beat the Reaper, Josh Bazell's new novel confirms his reputation as one of crime fiction's most inventive and unforgettable voices in decades.